Curriculum vitae
The curriculum vitae (CV) summarizes the most important aspects of one's education and professional experience and is intended to stimulate the interest of the recruiter who is looking for personnel. The goal is, therefore, to be able to get an interview to present yourself in person. The curriculum vitae should highlight acquired skills and be polished in content and form.
An effective resume is:
- concise: reporting only the information useful for selection, taking up no more than two pages
- focused: tailored to the requirements of the job you are applying for and the type of institution or company; different resumes should be prepared if you are applying for different roles
- organized: easy to read and with key content highlighted
- professional: serious, correct (should present itself as an official document)
- complete: it should contain all the information useful for selection
One should always present educational qualifications and professional experience starting from the most recent to the most distant in time.
The enemies of a good curriculum vitae are excess information, writing errors and neglect of graphic design.
In Ticino the European format resume is not usually used.
Contents
Personal data
Report personal details, residential address, contact information (cell phone, email), nationality and, if the applicant is a foreigner, residence permit. If required for the position to which you are applying, specify whether you hold a driver's license, whether you are self-driving, and the type of other licenses, if any.
Personal presentation and strengths (optional)
Summarize your profile and qualities in a few lines. The inclusion of this paragraph is useful for everyone and strongly recommended in the resume of those who already have significant work experience and those who wish, in a few lines, to give a concise impression of themselves, their strengths or achievements.
It can be two separate paragraphs (personal presentation/strengths) or a single paragraph. However, the presentation should not exceed five lines. If you decide to devote a specific paragraph to strengths, these should be no more than five: they can relate to social or professional skills and should always be tailored to the position for which you are applying.
Professional experiences
Present your work experiences by indicating the period of collaboration, the role held, the name of the company and its location (if necessary also the country), the tasks performed, responsibilities, skills acquired and any results achieved.
List the experiences in reverse chronological order (i.e., starting from the most recent experience to the most distant one) indicating the years and months (if you want to highlight the perfect continuity of the experiences). Also, include internships and/or other professionalizing experiences if they are in line with the position for which you are applying.
Those who have just finished their studies and held jobs during training should submit this paragraph after the one on training.
Education
List the studies undertaken and degrees obtained, specifying the duration of the educational paths, the degree obtained and the school at which the courses were taken. Focus on major degrees (middle school license, apprenticeship, high school diploma, bachelor's degree, master's degree, or doctorate) and indicate preferably the last two or three earned. If you have taken in-depth, specialized or refresher courses, consider whether to include them in this section or devote a specific paragraph to them to be titled "Specialization or in-depth courses" or "Continuing education."
If you have just completed an educational course and want to emphasize the degree you have attained, submit the education paragraph before professional experiences.
Language knowledge
List the languages known, specifying both the level of spoken and written language if applicable. Specify your mother tongue.
Computer skills
Report the list of known programs. Consider specifying the level.
Personal Interests
Section devoted to additional information on all activities that have allowed one to develop one's skills and knowledge and enriched one's personality: extracurricular activities, volunteer work, sports and hobbies.
References
This is an optional paragraph: you should only include references with the consent of the person whose data you are providing.
The English version of this page was created with the aid of automatic translation tools and may contain errors and omissions.
The original version is the page in Italian.